Guinness Beef Stew

Guinness Beef Stew

A New Way to Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day: Guinness Beef Stew In my quest to find new alternatives to corned beef and cabbage, I have created this beef stew with Guinness, an Irish stout. Stout? I generally don’t drink, so I have no idea what 

Shepherd’s Pie

Shepherd’s Pie

Shepherd’s pie is one of those hearty, feel good meals that are great when it is cold and gray and you need something comforting. I especially like it because it is a sort of one stop shopping experience: no need to make sides when there 

Ham and Leek Quiche

Ham and Leek Quiche

The Quiche Basics My mom sense really kicked in after last week’s recipe, chocolate peanut butter cup bars. They were delicious, but not exactly nutritious, and I’m feeling a little guilty – like I should be feeding you better. Which is why today, we will 

French Onion Grilled Cheese

French Onion Grilled Cheese

In the same way that I have nostalgia for childhood foods, so too, does my husband sometimes request things he ate as a kid. But whereas I sometimes feel like having PopTarts or Lucky Charms or Spaghetti O’s with little meatballs, my husband wants some 

Creamy Tomato Soup

Creamy Tomato Soup

I’m always on the lookout for ways to make the dark days of January a little more cozy, and food plays a big part of that. I’ve read that because there isn’t as much daylight in winter, we are automatically drawn to carb heavy foods. 

Creamy Mushroom Soup

Creamy Mushroom Soup

For the most part, I love winter. As someone who also loves 19th century Russian literature, snow, cold air blasting me in the face, and long dark nights are totally my thing. But in my long experience with New York winters, I have learned there 

Beef and Broccoli Ramen

Beef and Broccoli Ramen

This week we experienced both spring and winter. New York has a hard time making up its mind like that. At present, we are immersed in winter, and as we reach the end of December, it looks like the cold will be sticking with us 

Baked Chicken Tenders with Honey Mustard Sauce

Baked Chicken Tenders with Honey Mustard Sauce

I will go to very great lengths to avoid crowds. I live next to a giant mall (I can literally see the lights from my bedroom), but I only ever order things online. Groceries? Target run? Only very early before most people are out.  Not 

Orange and Ginger Carrot Soup

Orange and Ginger Carrot Soup

Today is my 37th wedding anniversary and it has me reminiscing about a lot of things, not the least of which is the fact that my husband left his home and family in France to come to the US to marry me. I guess you 

Philly Cheesesteak Quesadillas

Philly Cheesesteak Quesadillas

As I write this post just a couple of days after Thanksgiving, we are still drowning in turkey. We have a really small family, so something more the size of a large chicken would probably do, but an 11 pound turkey was the smallest I